Improvement in coal-stoves



'J. W.' PAIGE.

Coal Stove.

No. 56,148. Patented July 3, 1866.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J W. PAIGE, OF CORNING, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. L. PAIGE, O

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN COAL-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,14 8, dated July 3,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. PAIGE, of Coming, in the county of Steuben andState of New York, have invented a new and useful mode of burning thesmoke and gaseous substances generated by the burning of coal,especially bituminous coal; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in whichthe drawing is a vertical central section of my invention. The blackarrows indicate the direction of the draft and the red ones theatmospheric-air currents.

Economy in the use of fuel being the prime object at the present time,it becomes necessary to utilize every particle that is susceptibleofcombustion by means of a practicable degree of heat; and the object ofthis invention is to provide a stove possessing such advantages.

The nature of the invention consists in such an arrangement of thedraft-plate in relation to the fire-pot as shall cause a thoroughconcentration of the gases at the point of combustion and anintermixture therewith, at about the same point, of a suitableproportion of atmospheric air to perfect the conversion of the carbonicoxide to carbonic-acid gas, there by rendering all the other gasescombustible.

It also consists in the application of a radiating-plate just above theconcentrating orcombustion plate. 7

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe it indetail.

The casin g of the stove is composed of the base B, a section, 0,containing the fire-pot I, and the upper section or cylinder, D. Theseparts may be made of any desired form or size.

The fire pot P may be made in skeleton form, as represented in thedrawing, or its vertical portion may be made close and have anopen-grated bottom. It is supported upon the cross-bars b, and is keptupright and central by three or more braces, d. One of these may beprojected through the casing O and extended far enough to be used as t ashaker for the fire-pot, or the pivot a may be squared at the end toreceive a crank for that purpose.

opening, as before mentioned, in which case the air admitted through theopenings 0 would only supply the draft, and it would be necessary toprovide another regulator above the base of the fire-potto supply theatmospheric air to the gases.

The plate E may be made adjustable vertically, if desired, so as toincrease or decrease the area of the annular space between it and theupper edge of the fire-pot by havingit rest upon lugs on the case 0 andproviding its lower edge with as many inclined planes and aclampingbutton projecting through the case, whereby it may be turnedeither way and its adjustment secured.

The coal is supplied through the door H, and the ashes are caught by thepan J.

Section C may be made to constitute the fire-pot and the atmospheric airadmitted beneath the concentrating-plate E, and a similar resultproduced as in the present construction.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. The arrangement of the concentratingplate E, in combination with thefire-pot P and the outer case of the stove, substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The arrangement of the radiating-plate F in relation to theconcentrating-plate E,

substantially as and for the purposes specified.

J. W. PAIGE.

Witnesses WM. S. LOUGHBOROUGH, L. M. NEWTON.

